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Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case
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Alan Mackenzie |
Subject: |
Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case |
Date: |
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 22:16:41 +0000 (UTC) |
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Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> wrote:
> Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> [...]
>> Chances are, that excerpt was written by a lawyer who knows a lot
>> about the law, and little to nothing about free software. He's
>> obviously wrong in his assertions, since he appears not to understand
>> what the goals of free software actually are. They certainly aren't
>> about "creating software that [somebody] can truly call his own". He
>> appears to belong
> I'll try to explain it to you silly. Suppose you wrote a piece of
> software and it is judged to be truly yours and only yours (not
> infringing the rights of others).
Yes. This is usually known as "proprietary software".
> Guess what: you've got all your "four freedoms" and can enjoy freedom.
Yes, but nobody else has. The software isn't free. As I've just said,
it's usually categorised as "proprietary software".
> On the other side of the spectrum is the same piece of software but
> infringing based on idiotic expansive GNUish theory of derivative
> works... now say goodbye to your "four freedoms."
Say what? That doesn't even parse.
> Got it now, Alan?
Yes indeed. But you clearly haven't.
> regards,
> alexander.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
- Actual Damages in JMRI Case, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/11/04
- Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case, Hyman Rosen, 2009/11/04
- Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/11/04
- Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case, Hyman Rosen, 2009/11/04
- Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/11/04
- Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case, Hyman Rosen, 2009/11/04
- Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case, Rjack, 2009/11/04
- Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/11/06
- Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/11/06
- Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/11/07
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- Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/11/09
- Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case, David Kastrup, 2009/11/04
Re: Actual Damages in JMRI Case, Tim Smith, 2009/11/06